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/Associated Press/Associated Press"The first week-and-a-half Keith Hernandez Jersey , two weeks of spring training, I don't know if he made an out," Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner says. "It's been fun to watch. Fun to watch him absolutely dominate the strike zone."Muncy did not break camp with the Dodgers but was summoned from, yes, Oklahoma City on April 17 after infielder Logan Forsythe injured his shoulder. In his first game, in San Diego, Muncy cracked a pinch-hit single. In his second at-bat the next day, Muncy ripped a home run off the Padres' Luis Perdomo."I don't think he's stopped since," Dodgers outfielder and first baseman Cody Bellinger says. "Quality at-bats, day in and day out."As he rakes, his teammates have moved from intrigued and wowed to wholly appreciative. Not simply of Muncy's emergence, but also of an organization that continues to dominate the secondhand market the way Muncy dominates the strike zone.This is the third time that a reclamation project has blossomed into a prime-time player in Los Angeles in recent seasons. The Dodgers plucked Turner off the scrap heap in 2014 after the New York Mets released him, and he went on to hit .294 with 16 homers and 60 RBI in 2015. They traded with the Seattle Mariners for infielder Chris Taylor in 2016, and he went on to hit .288 with 21 homers and 72 RBI last year.Justin Turner says the Dodgers welcome reclamation projects like Max Muncy.Gregory Bull/Associated Press/Associated PressNow, Muncy."It's a good thing that, compared to other teams, we know how to find talent," closer Kenley Jansen says. "It shows you why they talk about the depth we have in this organization."Says Turner: "I think it's a product of the culture we have around here, the environment. The way everyone is treated. I've been on teams where there is an obvious separation between the veterans and the young guys. That doesn't exist here. When someone comes up, we see him helping us win ballgames. We see it with Muncy now; we saw it with Belly [Bellinger] last year."Always, Muncy has known his way around the strike zone. Dodgers starter Ross Stripling faced him in high school (Stripling pitched for Carroll High in Southlake, Texas) and in college (Muncy played at Baylor, Stripling at Texas AM). Though they didn't get to know each other until both became Dodgers Jorge De La Rosa Jersey , Stripling certainly knew enough of Muncy to try to avoid him when they were in school."He's always been a guy who absolutely commands the zone," Stripling says. "If you throw it over the middle of the plate, he's going to whack it. He's always been that guy. My two losses against Baylor were basically his fault. I think he hit a game-winning single and a game-winning sacrifice fly off of me my junior and senior years."Stipling says he thinks Muncy struggled with the A's because he wasn't getting consistent playing time: "He was playing all over the place and was having a hard time finding a routine. Over here, he got in the big leagues and got a chance to show what he could do everyday, which is command the zone, get on base and hit for slug [slugging percentage] when pitchers make mistakes."Muncy says his hitting coach in Oklahoma City, Shawn Wooten, and his father helped him fine-tune not only his approach at the plate, but also his mental game during the difficult times in 2017. After his release from Oakland and before the Dodgers signed him, Muncy and his agent even investigated professional opportunities in Japan and South Korea."It's been a whirlwind of emotions, a whirlwind of talks, not knowing if I was ever going to play baseball again,"Muncysays."Was a team going to give me a chance? Was I ever going to make it back to the major leagues? Was I going to be a career minor leaguer? You never know. There are not really words for me to describe it other than crazy and unbelievable."Lee Muncy says he thinks the turbocharge that boosted his son into this new stage of his career is confidence born of desperation."I think when they released him he realized, 'I can't be conservative. I have to be more aggressive and sure of myself,'" Lee says.Max agrees, and as he speaks, the metaphorical odometer counting the miles between him and that Oklahoma City Sheraton continues to practically do cartwheels, the distance traveled so mind-blowing. Take the Home Run Derby, for instance."Incredible experience," Muncy says. "It was something very special to me, especially having my dad there. Growing up, it was something my dad and I always watched together. Obviously, you had the All-Star Game http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-taijuan-walker-jersey , but we always thought the Derby was the coolest thing to watch, and having him there was very cool."Max Muncy crushes a pitch in the Home Run Derby.Patrick Semansky/Associated PressAs Lee, a geologist in the international oil and gas industry, sat watching the Derby, there was this, too: So far, the family has made one journey to Los Angeles this season to watch Max. It came during the first Dodgers homestand after he was called up to the majors. In town that late April weekend were the Washington Nationals.Now, here he sat as the Home Run Derby unfolded鈥n Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.Forget the past year. Simply from April to now, who could have conjured up this?"You know what?" Midge says. "We've learned to just go with it.""Unbelievable," Lee says. "It really is a surreal situation. Happy, surprised, wonderful."Then, after the Derby, Max disappeared with his family to their vacation home in the Finger Lakes, and next thing he knew, not only were the Dodgers acquiring superstar Manny Machado, but everyone was speculating on whether Max would be asked to give up his No. 13, which had been Machado's jersey number with the Baltimore Orioles."I was never asked. I was never told anything about it. I just know I was at our family lakehouse, found out we got Machado, and we were all excited," Muncy says. "Me and my family were talking about how he probably would want that number, and what number would you go with now?"I didn't know what was available Jarrod Dyson Jersey , what numbers can I get. So I started thinking about it, but I never received any calls, texts, emails ... then I showed up in Milwaukee and everyone said he had chosen No. 8. I was fully prepared to give up No. 13."Max Muncy and the other Dodgers infielders confer during a pitching change.Dylan Buell/Getty ImagesInstead, as he solidifies his MLB resume one home run at a time, maybe this simply is the latest indicator that in his seventh professional season鈥ith his second organization鈥s he bounces around the infield from third base to second base to first base, even playing some outfield as well鈥aybe Maxwell Steven Muncyhas finallymade it.Dare he feel that way?"I should have had a moment like that," he says. "But I think because of how crazy this year has been, I still haven't."He thinks for a minute鈥攁nother strike zone to conquer tonight, a Los Angeles stretch run close enough to reach out and touch, the Oklahoma City Sheraton still there but fading in his rear-view mirror."Probably," he continues, "that's helping me out in not getting content with where I'm at."Scott Miller covers Major League Baseball as a national columnist for Bleacher Report. Follow Scott on Twitter and talk baseball. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers want no part of a wild-card game or the long flight that would come with it.The plan: another NL West crown.Max Muncy and his free-swinging Dodgers mates are headed for a one-game showdown against Colorado to determine the division winner back home, jumping on the San Francisco Giants from the start Sunday in a 15-0 win for a weekend sweep.The Rockies routed Washington 12-0 at Coors Field, setting up a tiebreaker at Dodger Stadium on Monday that the home team has every intention of taking. The winner gets the division and hosts Atlanta in the best-of-five Division Series starting Thursday; the loser is on the road for the NL wild-card game Tuesday against the loser of Monday’s Brewers-Cubs NL Central tiebreaker.“We’d rather win the division than be the wild card,” Matt Kemp said. “We’re going to play it like any game we’ve been playing this last month. We’ve been playing each game like a playoff game. We’ve got to keep it going. I don’t think we want to go to the East Coast to play a one-game playoff, we’d rather have a series to play and play that series.”Walker Buehler will start for the Dodgers (91-71) as the defending NL champions try for a sixth straight West title.Rich Hill (11-5) pitched two-hit ball for seven innings to keep the playoff-bound Dodgers on a roll. The lefty found out when he woke up just before 8 a.m. Sunday he would start, having gone to bed early for him to ensure enough sleep for the possibility he would be pitching.“The biggest thing is that everybody continues to go up there and give that effort, no matter what the situation is,” Hill said.Manny Machado, Kemp and Muncy all joined the hit parade as Los Angeles left nothing to chance in Game No. 162. Kemp had a two-run double and RBI single among his three hits, while Muncy and Brian Dozier each hit two-run homers.Los Angeles followed up an 18-hit performance Saturday with 16 more to finish with 43 in the three-game series.Now, on to game No. 163.“It’s a game where obviously it’s not do-or-die ttp://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-boxberger-jersey , but I think that it’s a must-win game,” manager Dave Roberts said. “To win the game and get a couple days off, to host the division series is very important.”Chris Taylor drew a walk from Andrew Suarez (7-13) to get the Dodgers going Sunday, Justin Turner followed with an RBI double and the rout was on. Dozier’s drive and a two-run double by Kemp highlighted a seven-run third inning.The Dodgers clinched baseball’s final playoff berth by beating the Giants 10-6 on Saturday and celebrated with champagne in the visiting clubhouse — then all attention turned to winning another division title.So Roberts switched from Buehler to Hill (11-5), who delivered. He completed a 5-0 September and won for the sixth time in seven outings beginning Aug. 24. The lefty retired the first 10 batters in order before Joe Panik’s single in the fourth.Hill’s curveball has been clicking in recent weeks since he tweaked his delivery with a grip adjustment.“In recent memory, this is as good as I’ve seen him throw the baseball,” Roberts said. “… He understood how important this game was.”Los Angeles needed a stellar showing in its final series.The Dodgers fell out of the division lead with a 7-2 loss Wednesday at Arizona before taking all three from the injury-plagued Giants (73-89) to close out the final weekend of the regular season. A sixth straight division title by the Dodgers would be the third-longest streak since divisions started in 1969 behind Atlanta’s 14 consecutive from 1991-2005 and nine in a row by the Yankees from 1998-2006.San Francisco went a majors-worst 5-21 in September but improved on its last-place 2017 finish of 64-98 by nine wins.“No question that’s the last way we wanted this thing to go out,” manager Bruce Bochy said.SPLISH SPLASHMuncy’s pinch-hit homer gave him 34 for the season and the drive splashed into McCovey Cove beyond the right-field arcade. That marked the 44th splash homer by a Giants opponent, fifth by a Dodger and first by an LA player since Cody Bellinger on Sept. 13, 2017.PENCE’S FAREWELL?Hunter Pence went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in what was likely his final game with the Giants after 6 1/2 years. There were pins and signs reading “GR8FUL.”Pence received big cheers from the sellout crowd as he ran to the outfield some 20 minutes before first pitch and he waved and clapped in appreciation.Then out in AT&T Park’s vast right field for perhaps the final time in a Giants uniform, he tipped his cap every direction to the rousing ovation. He did the same with his batting helmet before stepping in to lead off the bottom of the first.A Pence highlight video showed before the bottom of the ninth.“Pure joy. I really just feel a tremendous amount of joy for this organization, these fans, the stadium,” Pence said. “It’s been just unbelievable to play here. You never know, I could come back … but it is unknown and it really was just amazing.”FINAL ATTENDANCEWhile the Giants drew 3 million fans for a ninth straight season and 17th time in the ballpark’s 19-year history, the 3,156,185 attendance was their lowest since 3,037,443 in 2010.